A capital alphabet (not a typeface) with tilted
three-dimensional letterforms in the Italian style, i.e. with
reversed contrast. Drawn by Ramón Stirling and engraved by Jules Girault and shown in Bellezas de la
Caligrafia. Reproduced as Perspective Italian
in Examples of Modern Alphabets, Plain and Ornamental,
collected and engraved by F. Delamotte (London: Lockwood & Co., 2nd
edition, 1864). A redesigned and completed version by Armin Haab and Walter Haettenschweiler is reproduced in
Lettera 3 as
Lichte Italienne-Kursiv, schraffiert + abschattiert
(“Open Italian Italic, hatched and shaded”). [Lettera More…
A capital alphabet (not a typeface) with tilted three-dimensional letterforms in the Italian style, i.e. with reversed contrast. Drawn by Ramón Stirling and engraved by Jules Girault and shown in Bellezas de la Caligrafia. Reproduced as Perspective Italian in Examples of Modern Alphabets, Plain and Ornamental, collected and engraved by F. Delamotte (London: Lockwood & Co., 2nd edition, 1864). A redesigned and completed version by Armin Haab and Walter Haettenschweiler is reproduced in Lettera 3 as Lichte Italienne-Kursiv, schraffiert + abschattiert (“Open Italian Italic, hatched and shaded”). [Lettera 3]
It’s unclear whether this piece of lettering was ever made into a typeface proper.
